Spring bed-bottom.



J. HUDRY.

SPRING BED BOTTOM.

APPLICATION FILED 1111112211912.

Patented June 30, 1914.

JOHN HUDR'Y, or HAZLETON, PENNSYLVANIA.

SPRING BED-BOTTOM.

Specification of Letters Patent.

.Patentedpf une 30, 1914.

Application led May 22, 1912. Serial No. 699,049.

To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN HUDRY, a' citizen of the United States,residing at Hazleton, in the county of Luzerne and State ofPennsylvania, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement inSp-ring Bed- Bottoms, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

The object of this invention is to provide a spring bed 'bottom ofsimple, economical and durable construction, for use in connection withbedsteads, cribs, or other similar articles of furniture.

The invention consists in a bed bottom constructed of a series of spacedlongitudinal and transverse strips of thin sheet metal placed one uponthe other and provided at their crossings with complemental slots andlugs for securing said strips together, all substantially as I willproceed now to set forth and finally claim.

In the accompanying drawings, illustrating the invention, in the severalfigures of which like parts are similarly designated, Figurel is a planview. Fig. 2 is a perspective view, on a larger scale, of a portion ofthe bed bottom, and Fig; 3 is a longitudin nal section; Fig. 4 is atransverse section.

and Fig. 5 is a bottom plan View, on a still larger scale, of one of theconnections at the crossings of the strips.

The bed bottom of the present invention, is designed to be supported ina frame of any suitable or approved construction, and as shown in Fig.l, such a frame may comprise side rails 1 and end rails 2, and cornerfastenings 3 for engaging complemental fastenings on the head and footof the bed.

The bed bottom proper comprises the longitudinal strips 4, of thin, Hat,sheet metal, suitably spaced apart and having at suitably spacedintervals throughout their length, slots 5, preferably rectangular inshape, punched or cut therethrough, and provided at their opposite endsWith eyes or openings 6, and transverse strips 7, of similar material,placed upon said longitudinal strips over the slots 5 therein, and.

having punched or out out portions or lugs 8 coinciding with said slots5, and adapted to be bent down through the slots and then bent upwardlyagainst the underside ofthe longitudinal strips 4, as shown more clearlyin Figs. 3, 4 and 5, thus securely locking the strips 4 and 7 togetherat their crossings. Preferably, the opposite ends 9 of the transversestrips 7 are bent around the outer edges of the outer longitudinalstrips 4, as more clearly shown in Fig. 2. 'Ihe bed bottom as thusconstructed is supported in the frame l, 2, by coiled springs 10 havingtheir terminals connected with the eyes 6 in the ends of thelongitudinal strips 4 and with the end rails 2 of the frame. Any othersuitable sp-ring connections may be used for connecting and supportingthe bottom in the frame instead of the coiled springs as herein shown. v

I have herein 'shown the slots 5 in the longitudinal strips andcomplemental cut out portions- 8 ofthe transverse strips for engagingsaid slots, oblong in shape, but I do not wish to be understood aslimiting the invention to this particular shape of such parts, as thesame may be constructed of any other suitable, but preferably angular,shape.

iB this construction a very simple, durable and economical bed bottom isprovided, and by the angular shape of the connections between thelongitudinal and transverse strips, twisting or turning of the stripsone upon the other at their crossings is avoided,

stantial parallelism.

What I claim is l. A spring bed bottom, comprising a series of spacedlongitudinal strips of4 thin, flat sheet metal and a series of spacedtransverse strips of similar material crossing each other and providedwith complemental angular slots and integral lugs at the points ofcrossing, said lugs passing through said slots and bent upon theopposite sides of the strips, to thereby rigidly secure the stripstogether at their points of crossing.

2. A spring bed bottom, comprising a series of spaced longitudinalstrips of thin, iiat sheet metal anda series of spaced transverse stripsof similar material crossing each other and provided with complementalangular slotsY and integral lugs at the points of crossing, 'Said lugspassing through said ln testimony whereof, l have hereunto slots andbent upon the Opposite sides of the set my hand this 21st day of May1912.

strips to thereby rvidly secure the strips together at their pints ofcrossing, and JOHN HUDRY' 5 said transverse strips having their endsWitnesses:

beni; around and under the outer edges of JOHN TAMANIEK, the outermostlongltudlnal strlps. JOHN DEVENAK.

@opium mi this patent may be obtaine for five centr each, by addremingthe i Commissioner of Patenti, Wanhingtom, B. C.

